Alternate syntax for objects? about l

[brendanberg]

The latest design spec for the language introduces user-definable record types. Once defined, a record is constructed using standard call semantics to set internal properties either by position or by name.

Point << Integer x, Integer y >>

# Record constructors can set properties by position or by name:
p1 :: Point(5, 2)
p2 :: Point(x: 8, y: 6)

# Property access uses dot notation:
console ! (write: p1.x)
console ! (write: p1.y)

# Methods may be defined on any type using the following syntax:
Point p (distanceTo: Point q) -> {
    ( (p.x - q.x) ** 2 + (p.y - q.y) ** 2 )(.sqrt)
}

# And called like this:
d :: p1(distanceTo:p2) # `d` is 5.0